I find more problems when I run Model 12s really hard. IMHO, they do best when run smoothly and just firmly. Don't panic - run one like you are just a firm master of the mechanism.

And just for completeness:At the loading table with a Model 12, you drop the hammer by pulling the trigger. All it takes is close action and pull trigger.

Many folks are hanging a scarf or some other indicator from the trigger guard before they head for the line. It's a reminder to both the TO and the shooter that the Model 12 has to be checked at the line that the hammer is down. Take the "M12 indicator" off the gun, show the hammer has already fallen by pulling trigger, stow the indicator in your back pocket or other storage spot.

You knew that already, I would venture!

Good luck with that lovely hunk of steel and walnut! GJ

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I have been practicing with it just like it would be used at a match. That includes pulling the trigger before loading. It is the same process as loading the '97 so there is no change there. Just the showing at the line. I never thought about using an indicator/reminder.

It is a beautiful gun, very pristine, unlike our '97s, which look well used.

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Allie,As bad as I hate to say it, there are T/Os who will not help you remember to declare it on the line. I consider it part of my obligation to the shooter to help them. Just like if I see they don't have a magazine in the gun or not enough on their belt. The flag is just a reminder to everybody on the line, T/O and shooter, included.BD

Abe, I know of one lady here local who has earned two from the same T/O. I also know of at least one at Winter Range last year. Granted, most T/Os try to help and it is ultimately, the shooter's responsibility but we get in our zone before shooting the stage and it can slip our minds as shooters. Henceforth, the flag!

That is why I use a big red flag, cuz I forget.Another thing I have stopped doing is pulling the trigger as I close the action. There is no benefit, the hammer falls normally. I now close the action and then pull the trigger. That way I hear the hammer fall and I know it is down.JFN

Allie,As I said, it's ultimately the shooter's responsibility, but if a T/O can help a shooter, they should. This was a really new shooter and quite nervous and that is exactly when I think an T/O really needs to give the shooter as much help as possible.I have let Wild Bunch shooters start without a magazine in their 1911 and cowboy shooters start without shotgun shells on their body. I always feel bad about it after the fact.Boggus